i mention the case in malaysia. the fact that the pigs were kept in these huge outdoor compounds, and that they were arranged in a particular way with the fruit trees, was part of what resulted in that spillover. the other thing is a huge aggregations of wildlife also represent populations in which a bug can evolve. the more abundantly a virus replicates, the more it's likely to mutates. and if it is an rna virus as opposed to a double helix virus comments mutation rate will be particularly high. it will generate a lot of change, genetic variability as it replicates itself. and of course is great for dorian's national selection. our viruses evolve more quickly than other pathogens. if you let them build up huge populations, so that there are many, many hosts that are infected in each host contains many, many virus particles, then you provide abundant opportunity for evolution to function. for some particular strain to come out of there that is really transmissible among humans, and really virulence. that represents

malaysia is very reluctant to have more people arrive at their borders and there was a previous boat that came april 5th where over $200.00 rohingya made it to langkawi they're still in quarantine and there's concerns about what's going to happen to them the u.n. has offered to help move this group to quarantine facilities and treat those needing medical care while the immediate future may be susan it's not the one many here who are hoping for an exam brian al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera. a show preview from china after the u.s. president again attacks the world health organization over the corona virus outbreak. waiting for takeoff wife thousands of pakistanis have been left stranded abroad. but. i know there are some very heavy amounts of rain developing to the east of beijing it did bring one or 2 showers there but really the bulk of this is now on its way well and truly across into the korean peninsula some heavy rains pushing towards seoul and you can see this line of dark blue because on its way now into western areas of japan but training all the way back into the centr

named after a particular village in malaysia. they went looking for the reservoir host, where was it? they found it in large fruit bats. the kind that are called flying foxes in asia. how did it occur? the disease detectives finally tracked it through the route of most likely spillover and here is what happened. people were cutting down forests in malaysia for development for agriculture, the timber itself, cutting down the forest, destroyed fruit that habitat. the fruit bats were displaced, they had to look for fruit for food, effector summer us. they started going closer to human settlements. if there were orchards, they were attracted to the orchards. some of the fruit trees planted by humans were on pig farms, the second stream of income for the pig farmers rent these great big factory scale big firms in northern and central peninsula malaysia. some of these farmers even planted mangrove trees and another fruit tree called the water apple from a very close to the open air pigsty's. some cases, even shading the pigsty's. the b

severe across the region whether you're talking about advanced economy and korea or developing one malaysia indonesia thailand in terms of rebounding small open economy like singapore so it's singapore's canary in the coal mine and so this very much into link to global trade will the trade is expected to slump by 11 percent by the end met this year from about one percent growth last year so singapore will probably feel the rebound 1st and their photo through around the region 'd obviously much will depend on their exposure tools the global trade and to what extent the corpse and domestic demand problem the contraction in the supply side it's being many each as well now iran is reporting coronavirus deaths are $100.00 for a 3rd consecutive day some businesses the enclosure risk reopened on saturday and next week it's expected to feather. in its capital tehran more than 4000 people have now died and 78000 cases have been confirmed that iran is the west affected country in the middle east. moving on to other news and more than 2 dozen ranger refugees have died of starvation on a boat that's be

i hope i'm able to secure about 8,000 tons. >> reporter: they head to malaysia's largest river, which is the country's biggest extraction site. mountains of sand for use in concrete are piled up along the riverbank. pumps suck up river water extracting 30,000 tons of sand a day. usa and his client want to check the operation. >> the quality is good. the sand has been washed, so it's quite >> would it be possible to use a mesh with 3 millimeter holes? >> well, it's kind of a hassle to separate sand like that. if can buy 5 500 tons, okay, bu 10,000 tons just isn't enough. >> who are you exporting to? >> mostly customers in china. we send the country between 300,000 and 500,000 tons a month. >> china used to be a sand exporter, but it stopped in 2007 as its domestic construction increased along with its appetite for sand. the country now uses its economic might to consume supply from all over the world. boat like this to dock in japan. it really demonstrates the scale of things in china. >> usa gives up on the fact but not on securing sand from malaysia. this local mining company wants t

malaysia is very reluctant to have more people arrive at their borders and there was a previous boat they came april 5th where over 200 rohingya made it to langkawi they're still in quarantine and there's concerns about what's going to happen to them. the u.n. has offered to help move this group to quarantine facilities and treat those needing medical care well that immediate future maybe certain incident the one many here where hoping for time to children dhaka bangladesh. well still ahead here on al-jazeera i'm teaching an empty tables china small businesses assert to continue suffering through until next year. and wait thing for takeoff wants thousands of pakistanis to be left stranded a crew of those stories after the probe. hello there friday not a bad day hopefully across much of the middle east to simplify the rain across areas of the arabian peninsula working there i said me across into iran but that will continue to work eastwards across into afghanistan and pakistan as we head through friday the eastern and the mad want to see more showers and stiff winds coming in from nor

malaysia is very reluctant to have more people arrive at their borders and there was a previous boat that came april 5th where over 200 rohingya made it to langkawi they're still in quarantine and there's concerns about what's going to happen to them. the u.n. has offered to help move this group to quarantine facilities and treat those needing medical care well that immediate future may be certain in the one many here where hoping for time to children dhaka bangladesh. united nations or yemen and voice says that he expects the country's warring parties will formally agree to a truce in the immediate future but gryphus says that he's been negotiating with both sides for the past 2 weeks over the past 2 weeks or more since then i have been in constant negotiations with the parties on the texts of these agreements on the detail on the wording of these agreements we expect them to agree on formally adopt these agreements the immediate future the president of the european commission has apologized for not doing enough to help italy when the pandemic 1st began italy is the hardest hit coun

malaysia is very reluctant to have more people arrive at their borders and there was a previous boat they came on a profit where over 200 rohingya made it to langkawi they're still in quarantine and there's concerns about what's going to happen to them. the u.n. has offered to help move this group to quarantine facilities and treat those needing medical care well that immediate future may be certain inside the one many here where hoping for time to children i'll just dock a bangladesh. big committee to protect journalists has accused the us president of destroying the credibility of the press and the crowd of ours pandemic and report the group warns that don't trump warns of donald trump against insulting journalists and news organizations something has become an almost daily occurrence was in jordan has been. on the campaign trail my fellow americans in the oval office and now during the daily caller bit 1000 pandemic briefings donald trump mocks and insults reporters who question his every move and citizen in this case is not a question like that shit is the real question if you ke

malaysia is very reluctant to have more people arrive at their borders. there was a previous boat that came on april 5 where over 200 running a made it -- 200 of them made it. on -- the u.n. has offered to help move these to quarantines. while their immediate future may bencertainty -- uncertain, they are being cared for. barbara: nigeria's security forces have killed 18 people while enforcing coronavirus lockdown measures. thanis a higher death toll the 12 lives the virus has claimed according to official government figures. the army and police have been deployed to enforce restrictions in the mega city, the capital and other states, sparking deadly confrontations in some areas. more now from the capital. >> 18 people have been killed and eight of them were actually killed by debt allegedly killed by correctional officers. the prison offices in the northwest state. accusedce work -- were of killing several individuals. a local committee enforcing the lockdown in southeast nigeria was also responsible for killing one individual. security forces in nigeria

malaysia is indigenous to stop outsiders bringing covid-19 into their communities. malayaysia's indigenous to stop outsiders bringing covid covid-19 into -19 into- their communities. ♪ >> hello. fine weather to be found across north central and eastern areas of europe. the change is already taking place. you can see a lot over the last few hours really encompassing quite a bit of the central areas. it is not all bad. it is certainly a good day. this is in berlin. this of course was on sunday. this was on the coast of germany. a bit of a change there. thesee it being blown in strong winds coming down to the north coast of germany and as we go through tuesday, it is about it is continuing to push across these areas and the line of rain moving quite swiftly across the east. it iseven some snow, so higher elevations. across the west and in fact, the temperatures will begin to pick up, not everywhere, but across the far west. we have more rain with snow and small winds. did you notice that temperature in europe? this is so below the average. look at these numbers. noth

and huge operations and malaysia are part of what makes this problem more urgent and dangerous. it makes us the human population and our extensions a forest a very dry tender. and to mention the case in malaysia the fact that pigs were kept in the huge outdoor compounds. and then arranged in a particular way with fruit trees is what resulted in the spillover. the huge aggregations of wildlife also represent in which a bug can evolve. the more abundantly a virus replicates the more likely it is to mutate as opposed to the double helix dna than the mutation rate will be high and generate a lot of chang change, genetic variability to replicate itself which is great for darwinian natural selection so that the viruses evolve more quickly than other pathogens and if you let them build up huge populations so there are many hosts that are infected and each contains many virus particles, then you provide abundant opportunity for evolution to function in for particular strain to come out that is transmissible among humans and virulent so that represents a danger so the mass production of

the boat which was trying to reach malaysia they were rescued by bangladeshis coast guard on when say hundreds of thousands of ring of refugees have fled persecution in myanmar those are the headlines witnesses next stay with us. as corona virus continues to devastate the united states the race to the white house goes on joe biden has all but security is places the democratic nominee can he beat donald trump joined us for continuing coverage of the u.s. election 2020 on al-jazeera. minutes well i'm a lot. of good going on with food out of all of knowledge but there are more than. i do with the people of florida i love you i me i'm. part of the in month in the mean i. get it though you are at the bottom.

malaysia is very reluctant to have more people arrive at their borders and there was a previous boat they came a profit where over 200 rohingya made it to langkawi they're still in quarantine and there's concerns about what's going to happen to them how concerned are you with regard to the camps that are still in bangladesh that if covert 900 gets into one of those camps the outbreak could be significant we think those camps are a tinderbox for code 19 we are concerned that if it there is an outbreak there's no way to stop it. the people are so packed together many of them have underlying health conditions out make them very vulnerable to cope at 19 the government of bangladesh refuses to turn the internet back on so that people can communicate more easily with the refugees this is a disaster in the making and we're just praying that we don't see the kind of outbreak that we fear may come there phil robertson talking to us from bangkok he's director of the asia division of human rights watch thank you very much indeed for your time thank you. more than 2 dozen people have been killed

when we got to malaysia, we were turned away twice. now i feel unlucky and sad. it's believed hundreds more refugees are trapped on boats which were also turned away from malaysia. i asked the bangladeshi foreign minister whether they could return. will you turn the boats away, then? yell it is difficult, because we don't want to see people who are dying. it's not the responsibility of bangladesh alone to take care of all the stateless people of the planet earth. ask the global leaders, like you were saying, uk, european union. who will help the now? as the world shuts its borders because of coronavirus, the rohingya refugees hope that the world doesn't close its eyes to their plight. rajini vaidyanathan, its eyes to their plight. rajini vaidya nathan, bbc its eyes to their plight. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. more than 50,000 people have now died in america with coronavius. it comes as one of the world's biggest manufacturers of disinfectants warned people not to follow president trump's suggestion that injecting themselves with it could treat coronavirus. 0ne

. >> osa and his client travel to malaysia to visit a sand producer. >> translator: i'm determined to bring back sand to japan. i hope to be able to secure about 8,000 tons. >> they head to malaysia's largest river, the pahan, which is the country's biggest extraction site. mountains of sand for years in concrete are piled up along the river bank. river water extracting 30,000 tons of sand a day. usa and his client want to check the operation. >> translator: the quality is good. the sand has been washed so it's quite clean. >> they check the machine, but its mesh screen is too large to filter out the right size. usa asks the site's representative if that can be changed. >> translator: would it be possible to use a mesh with 3 millimeter holes? >> translator: well, it's kind of hassle to separate sand like ththat. if you can buy 500,000 tons, then okay, but 10,000 tons just isn't enough. >> translator: who are you exporting to? >> translator: mostly customers in china. we send the country between 300,500,000 tons a month. >> china used to be a sand exporter, but it stopped in 2007 as i

malaysia is very reluctant to have more people arrive at their borders and there was a previous boat that came april 5th where over 200 rohingya made it to langkawi they're still in quarantine and there's concerns about what's going to happen to them. the u.n. has offered to help move this group to quarantine facilities and treat those needing medical care well that immediate future may be certain in the one many here where hoping for. dhaka bangladesh it is the jewett of one of pakistan's most seat regions but rubbish and untreated waste being dumped in the swat river threatening aquatic life and health risk to residents and tourists and so on but you have 8 reports now from the swat valley. if the northern swat valley is considered districts and of pakistan the iconic swath river is its beating caught. touched by its natural beauty winston churchill once used to send his dispatches from here but now a growing population for neglect and lack of planning is turning the river poisonous. for thousands of tons of untreated graced and they got here every day it's quickly becoming a landf

coronavirus pandemic continues to spread 2 thirds of the world's supply of rubber gloves are made in malaysia the malaysian rubber glove manufacturers association told our 0 that global demand could increase by 30 percent this year compared to the previous year factories are struggling to keep up even last year yeah really. from a mile a mile from the malaysian level of association yes i do think i would one day short of work and be assured of generally percent of what goes like malaysia's restrictions on movement also includes a ban on foreigners and that has contributed to the labor shortage in an industry that relies heavily on a migrant workforce glove benefactress say they're hiring more locals and looking to automate more off the production line but i suspect trees ramp up production and labor rights activists expressed concerns about exploitation of workers the company's very strong reputation for finding a lot of working hours with. workers. credibly i want to be. rationed that. labor lost a september the u.s. banned imports of gloves made by a malaysian company over the use of forced

months off the coast of bangladesh nearly $400.00 refugees on board the vessel were trying to reach malaysia and they were rescued by bangladesh's coast guard on wednesday hundreds of thousands of ringette have fled persecution and me at mall choudhry is in dhaka with more on what some of those survivors all say. we verified this with the local chairman and the elected chairman of the area bhattacharya where the incident took place he has a very fide that list 400 people were rescued some probably died and i caught into that one of the survivor who spoke to local people and we have amateur video plates of those survive aside that they were in a flood at least 2 months in the sea they couldn't get into malaysia and at least 28 people have died and we cannot independently verify those the news are still sketchy as some local news medias are carrying this this people are what we know for so far it has been detained by bangladesh coast guard they're kept in quarantine because there's fear of coronavirus the local people are saying they are kind of afraid of the situation what is complex is we do

of those survivors said that there were a flood at least 2 months in the sea they couldn't get into malaysia and at least 28 people have died and we cannot independently verify those the news are still sketchy as some local news medias are carrying this this people are what we know for so far it's been detained by bangladesh coast guard they're kept in quarantine because there's fear of coronavirus the local people are saying they are kind of afraid of the situation what is complex is we don't know whether they went from rock kind or the tech now for. the local member chairman told us that they are from tech now from our product and there were refugees in bangladesh not from iraq and state we also know this is not the 1st incident typically between november and march many joining us from the camp with the help of the human traffickers tried to cross the sea to get into malaysia because they have relatives there some running a woman have their husbands there they pay for this trip to their trafficker many incident their arranged marriage with the woman that's why many of the victims in these

malaysia is very reluctant to have more people arrive at their borders and there was a previous boat they came april 5th where over $200.00 rohingya made it to langkawi they're still in quarantine and there's concerns about what's going to happen to them. the u.n. has offered to help move this group to quarantine facilities and treat those needing medical care well that immediate future may be certain inside the one many here where hoping for. dhaka bangladesh. nigeria's security forces have killed 18 people while enforcing coronavirus lockdown measures the national human rights organization says that's a higher death toll than the 12 lives the virus is claimed according to official government figures the army and police have been deployed to enforce restrictions in the megacity lagos the capital of and states sparking deadly confrontations in some areas i mean did receive more now from the capital of. 18 people have been killed and 8 of them were actually killed by allegedly killed by correctional officers in the prison officers in the northwestern state of ca to the state then the

another grant outlook for malaysia. worldwide cases of the coronavirus have reached more than one million infections and counting. our chief north asia correspondent joins us on the line from hong kong. this is indeed a bleak milestone. stephen: that's right. total673 is the latest we're getting from the johns hopkins coronavirus resource center website. states, 244,678. that is nearly a quarter of all the global cases now in the united states. 23.6%. that is three times the numbers that china has recorded. globally, 52,973 with more than 5000 in the united states. new york steak still is the epicenter of the -- in the united states. they are reporting 9000 new infections in the last 24 hours. the new york city mayor is recommending people cover their faces. that is a recommendation that we could be seeing shortly from the white house. they may consider the recommendation. at this rate, the governor of new york saying they have six days from exhausting their stockpile of ventilators. that's another reason why donald tru

growth in malaysia has slowed. they are relaxing other types of measures like letting a few companies like construction and machinery to operate again with a reduced workforce. the government did not rollout a further extension as a possibility. japan might actually be extending that golden week holiday. the goal is to lift the lockdown by may 6. the tokyo governor is proposing that companies add vacation days with the hope that they could stay at home during those weeks and they can relax those measures soon. haslinda: yvonne man in hong kong. plenty more to come on the show including our excuse of interview with the former national economic council director and ask goldman president. that's next. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: we are back with bloomberg markets. we look at this debate over the reopening of the u.s. economy. that rages on. gary cohn weighed in on bloomberg earlier. >> i think it is a u-shaped recovery. i'm trying to foreshadow or think about a u-shaped recovery, knowing certain businesses and cer

saw driven by surgeon orders from europe the united states and 2 thirds of the world supply made in malaysia but there are concerns of a forced labor and factories try to keep up with demand as florence new. its production lines run 24 hours and workers put in overtime this is to meet increased demand for rubber gloves as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread 2 thirds of the world's supply of rubber gloves are made in malaysia the malaysian rubber glove manufacturers association told our 0 that global demand could increase by 30 percent this year compared to the previous year factories are struggling to keep up even last year yeah. from a mile a mile from the malaysian level of association yes i do think i would one day short of work and be assured of generally percent of that what goes if you like at malaysia's restrictions on movement also includes a ban on foreigners and that has contributed to the nape a shortage in an industry that relies heavily on a migrant worker force glove benefactress say they're hiring more locals and looking to automate more of that production line but i

and indigenous communities in malaysia take action to protect themselves from coronavirus. we will get to coronavirus shortly but 1st let's get you right up to speed with the developing story this hour out of new libya which is seen intense fighting the internationally recognized government is now saying it's taken a 2nd city from the warlord of the 4 have to involve phone footage appears to show fighters on the streets of some prata earlier pro tripoli forces entered the city of sort of man west of the capital after his fighters have been trying to capture the capital and overthrow the government there for the past year. joins us live from tripoli mark would just get us right up to date what's going on there. will be to the government of national accord that says that it's a measure of advancement its forces have achieved today by taken control of both cities coastal cities in the west of libya and so brought us abroad to bear the way a key city in the worst of libya on the coast that has been under the control of have to the forces for the past 3 years the government forc

when we got to malaysia, we were turned away twice. now i feel unlucky and sad." it's believed hundreds more refugees are trapped on boats which were also turned away from malaysia. i asked the bangladeshi foreign minister whether they could return. will you turn the boats away, then? it's a difficult question, because we don't want to see people dying. it's not the responsibility of bangladesh alone to take care of all the stateless people of the planet earth. ask the global leaders, like the usa, uk, the european union. who will help them now? as the world shuts its borders because of coronavirus, the rohingya refugees hope that the world doesn't shut its eyes to their plight. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. residents of mexico city are struggling with a lack of fresh water. it's a routine problem for those who live on the outskirts of the mexican capital, but the problem's been exacerbated by government efforts to tackle the spread of coronavirus, and reminders for people to wash their hands. it's raised concerns that efforts to tackle the spread of the virus wi

when we got to malaysia, we were turned away twice. now, i feel unlucky and sad." it's believed hundreds more refugees are trapped on boats which were also turned away from malaysia. i asked the bangladeshi foreign minister whether they could return. will you turn the boats away, then? it's a difficult question, because we don't want to see people dying. it's not the responsibility of bangladesh alone to take care of all the stateless people of the planet earth. ask the global leaders, like the us, uk, european union. who will help them now? as the world shuts its borders because of coronavirus, the rohingya refugees hope that the world doesn't shut its eyes to their plight. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. now, it's friday night in the uk, a time when, not long ago, the pubs would have been packed. but with lockdown measures in place, some have been forced to adapt to the times. they‘ re providing takeaway meals and home deliveries. but others have had to pour out their precious pints, as our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. there are thousands of gallons

when we got to malaysia, we were turned away twice. now i feel unlucky and sad." it's believed hundreds more refugees are trapped on boats which were also turned away from malaysia. i asked the bangladeshi foreign minister whether they could return. will you turn the boats away, then? it's a difficult question, because we don't want to see people dying. it's not the responsibility of bangladesh alone to take care of all the stateless people of the planet earth. ask the global leaders, like the usa, uk, the european union. who will help them now? as the world shuts its borders because of coronavirus, the rohingya refugees hope that the world doesn't shut its eyes to their plight. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. the pandemic has taken over 3,000 lives in brazil so far, but concerns about the virus have not prevented a major political scandal. the country's justice minister resigned on friday after the populist president, jair bolsonaro, fired the federal police chief. as bill hayton reports, it's left the government in crisis at a crucial time. in the cities of brazi

very across the region whether you're talking about advanced economy and of korea or developing one malaysia indonesia thailand in terms of rebounding small open economy like singapore so it's singapore it's a canary in the coal mining so he's very much into link to global trade well the trade is expected to slump by 11 percent by the end met this year from about one percent growth last year so singapore up will probably feel the rebound 1st and then throw around the region obviously much will depend on their exposure tools the global trade and to what extent the corpse and domestic demand problem the contraction in the supply side is being men each as well. president of the european commission has apologized for not doing enough to help italy when the pandemic 1st began italy is the hardest hit country in the e.u. with more than 21000 deaths are sort of on the lane praised europe's collective response in the past few weeks but admits e.u. countries one initially not ready yes it is true that no one was really ready for this it is also true that too many were not there on time when italy nee

chased the american ambasador off the roof of his embassy and neither is the us acting on behalf of malaysia or on behalf for the philippines it may or may not be acting on behalf of taiwan but richard nixon made a strategic decision a very long time ago that the united states relations were with china and that there was only one china straw this is a very dangerous point that we've reached because china frankly is getting tired of being insulted and pushed around it and the danger is that they will take decisive action rick it's interesting that you would say that i'm going to just push back a little bit what if the united states were hold to the argument of look those islands were all controlled by the japanese prior to world war 2 certainly prior to the end of world war 2 after we the united states beat the japanese those islands really should belong to us right they could make that argument for some reason they're not making it but china saying no it belong to the japanese they lost them we claim them because we've adam historically who wins that argument george. well china lost 20000000

joining us from the camp with the help of the human traffic are trying to cross the sea to get into malaysia because they have relatives there some are going out woman have their husbands there they pay for this straight to their trafficker many incident their arranged marriage with the woman that's why many of the victims in these boats are women and children. well returning to a coronavirus coverage and tens of thousands of pakistanis have been stranded abroad awaiting repatriation of life now the government says citizens will soon be brought back from countries such as the united arab emirates and has will. as a moment with his family but not with some of his relatives they're stuck in the united arab emirates desperately wanting to come back to pakistan you can only speak to them on the phone. i recently came back to pakistan after spending 20 years in the u.a.e. but now my nephew and other family members are stuck there they are desperate to come back but unfortunately due to the incompetency of our government there isn't any plan for the repatriation of their least bothered about the p

ownership of anything 200 miles off of our shoreline those countries are the philippines and vietnam and malaysia and brunei and taiwan. now some of these countries that i just told you about have decent relationships with china but some of them don't instead some of these countries maintain close relationships with the united states and the united states for its part has been engaging more and more in this region militarily and that is what has china so angry so maybe the real question here is this what is it suddenly about the south china sea that makes it so that it. it contains $11000000000.00 barrels of oil they have found $190.00 trillion cubic feet of natural gas 10 percent of all the world's fisheries reside right here 30 percent of the world's shipping trade flows through these corridors 30 percent so this is why everyone wants it and china is doing everything it can to hold on to it so what exactly is china doing you know the expression you've heard this before right possession is 9 tenths of the law well china's putting out the practice it's literally taking possession of these islands

when we got to malaysia, we were turned away twice. now, i feel unlucky and sad." it's believed hundreds more refugees are trapped on boats which were also turned away from malaysia. i asked the bangladeshi foreign minister whether they could return. will you turn the boats away, then? it's a difficult question, because we don't want to see people dying. it's not the responsibility of bangladesh alone to take care of all the stateless people of the planet earth. ask the global leaders, like the us, uk, european union. who will help them now? as the world shuts its borders because of coronavirus, the rohingya refugees hope that the world doesn't shut its eyes to their plight. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. throughout the coronavirus outbreak, we've been hearing from front line health workers about the challenges they face. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns is keeping in touch with a range of staff — and has asked them to keep video diaries. one of them is physiotherapist tom meredith who gave us this look at his daily work. physiotherapy might not seem an o

and how indigenous communities in malaysia are trying to protect themselves from coronavirus. china has reported its highest number of new coronavirus cases normal 6 weeks authorities say 108 people were infected over the past day mostly travelers returning from abroad while that number is low it's adding to concerns of a possible 2nd wave of cases begin with china now sarah clark joins us from hong kong so is this the 2nd wave the much feared 2nd wave. well so this is a cluster that's been reported out of china on monday with 100 new cases there the latest figures from the national health commission in china and that's up from 99 the previous day and that's the highest number of daily cases we've seen in the last 6 months 6 weeks i should say and most of these cases have been reported in a province in the north east of china this province is called the heilongjiang province and it borders russia and as a result of this cluster this particular part of china has put in place tough images in that region in the capital harben it's put in state home measures for all people living

for a look at malaysia now where government restrictions on people's movements are affecting the lives of lot of people but particularly digitas people many farmers are not able to sell their produce while others like day laborers are just out of work the government's promised help but rights groups say not everyone will be receiving aid support from florence italy. keep out the signs say indigenous communities in the laser have set up roadblocks preventing outsiders from entering their villages these are photos and videos we obtained from the center for our concerns a local non-governmental organization that works for indigenous people all asking which means regional people in the main language are more vulnerable to disease like the krona virus because of poverty and malnutrition that even someone like ameena thinks and now it's safer to return to the forest many indigenous communities live in remote and with no access to running water and electricity and as malaysia's tough restrictions on movement continue these communities face additional crotchets many only enough to live on and

and malaysia's indigenous move to stop outsiders bringing kevin 19 into the community. there is still some fine weather to be found across central and eastern areas of europe because the change is already taking place you can see a lot of cloud being steamy and the as and reading comes in quite a bit of the central areas that has a say it's not so bad in this the certainly a good day germ it is actually in berlin this of course was on sunday and this is also on the coast of germany so a bit of a change there because a lot of the sun you can see probably being blown in the very strong winds coming down to the north coast of manoel so through till a country but really sick i see cheese day it's about the can continue to push across these areas brings a much colder on the line of rain which is working quite swiftly over towards the east now some very heavy amounts of rain again across into the balkans maybe even. innovations and a very messy daken on cheese across much of course we'll not see pound really across the west and in fact the temperatures will begin to pick up n

and as malaysia's tough restrictions on movement continue these communities face additional crotchets many only enough to live on and have little savings i needed my income is mostly from women grass i have lots of plants around my house it's not a steady income i mike around $90.00 to $100.00 a month. but farmers have no means to get to the markets and have not been able to sell the produce. i can so in now my produce now eliminate. chimeric economy so prince which used to be my main produce the government has promised assistance to poor communities while the restriction order is in place the director general of the department of development told al jazeera that the agency has applied for and imagines he ground to help those in need but the center for our concerns says not old villages are officially registered with the agency and those which are not will likely be left out the n.g.o.s one of several that are now raising funds for indigenous communities the donations are paid to local community coordinators to purchase food which is then distributed to the villages it's not a perfect

but not on securing sand from malaysia. he manages to find another survivor. this local mining company wants to develop i its sand-extractio techniques by working with japanese firms. >> we're looooking for partnerse can cooperate with on a long-term basis. >> japan is an advanced nation, and it would be ideal if we could gain its technical support. >> the two companies are able to find common ground, and will begin exporting sand to japan within a few months. >> i'm glad we were able to meet. i'm going to do all i can to secure stable sources of supply, at the best price, for my clients. >>wi >> as we've seen, demand for useable sand is skyrocketing. the u.n. reports that 50 billion tons of sand and gravel are used around the world, every year, for not just cement but, also, for treating beach erosion, creating artificial islands, and land reclamation. a u.n. panel expert has said sand is not infinite. so the implementation of sand-management measures, as well as the cracking down on illegal mining, may not be sufficient to protect reserves. currently, recycl

i mentioned the case in malaysia, the fact that pigs were kept in outdoor compounds and were arranged in a particular way with fruit trees was part of what resulted in that spillover. huge aggregations of wildlife represent populations in which a bug can even all. the more abundantly a virus replicates the more likely it is to new tape. if it is an rna virus as opposed to double helix dna viruses mutation rate will be particularly high, generate a lot of change, a lot of genetic variability as it replicates itself. that is darwinian natural selection so are in a viruses evolve more quickly than other pathogens and if you let them build up huge populations so that there are many hosts that are infected and each host contains many many virus particles then you provide abundant opportunity for evolution to function in for some particular strain to come out that is really transmissible among humans and that represent a danger. mass production of livestock is only one aspect. there are other aspects that i am less aware of, part of what makes us particularly jeopardized by the situation as

an agency spears over in malaysia. it is killing pigs and linens killing pig farmers and big butchers and park sellers. where did it come from. they find it in the isolated virus in the human victims and in the pigs. the same virus in the human victims and in the pigs. this is a true case in a happened in 1998. they named it mika after particular village in malaysia. and then went looking for the reservoir post. where was it. they found it in large fruit bats of the genus to rope us, the kind that are called the flying foxes in asia. how did this boulevard occur. the disease the detectives finally tracked through the route most likely spillover and here's what happened. people were cutting down forests, and peninsula of malaysia for development and for agriculture and for the timber itself. cutting down the forest destroyed fruit bat habitat. and they were displaced they had to go looking for food for nectar somewhere else. they started going to human settlements. if there were orchards they were attracted to them and

the main destinations for germany's plastic waste are now in malaysia $132000.00 tons a year followed by india has around $76000.00 and then indonesia in the 3rd place at more than 64000 followed by vietnam at nearly 57000 tons. of size of mines but in malaysia the trash piles up on dumps like this they don't recycle here at all the trash d.k. use polluting the soil and groundwater. if you have a little rummage around here you'll see a lot of it comes from germany from other european countries to the us but there's a lot from germany this is an old capri sun is on a. there's a mix of household rubbish and used packaging and. the volume is starting to overwhelm many of the importers because there aren't enough plastic recycling plants environmentalist group greenpeace discovered 45 legal and 5 illegal landfills in one malaysian region alone with garbage from more than 19 countries. the biggest export her is the u.s. around 16 percent of their plastic weights get sent abroad. to panic sports more than 15 percent germany more than 12 per cent and the u.k. more than 9 per cent. recycling

malaysia is very reluctant to have more people arrive at their borders and there was a previous boat that came april 5th where over 200 rohingya made it to langkawi they're still in quarantine and there's concerns about what's going to happen to them. the u.n. has offered to help move this group to quarantine facilities and treat those needing medical care well that immediate future may be certain. not the one many here where hoping for trying to charge me i'll just dock a bangladesh. the u.n. envoy for yemen says he expects the country's warring sides to formally agree to a truce in the media future negotiations have been taking place for the past 2 weeks since the u.n. secretary general call for a global ceasefire because of the coronavirus our diplomatic editor james phase has more the un special envoy martin griffiths believes the threat of covert 19 may have started to focus minds in yemen i told members of the un security council in a video conference meeting that had productive negotiations about a new peace deal that would include a nationwide cease fire over the past 2 weeks

malaysia is very reluctant to have more people arrive at their borders and there was a previous boat they came april 5th where over 200 rohingya made it to langkawi they're still in quarantine and there's concerns about what's going to happen to them. the u.n. has offered to help move this group to quarantine facilities and treat those needing medical care well that immediate future maybe certain incident the one many here where hoping for time to children dhaka bangladesh. now the united nations and yemen envoy says he expects the country's warring parties will formally agree to a truce in the immediate future martin griffiths says he's been negotiating with both sides for the past 2 weeks our diplomatic editor james bays has more from the united nations we certainly have had positive developments in the past but this is a moment i think where yemen faces a very very precarious feature with the threat of covert 19 with the threat of further escalation of violence we've had a call as you won't be aware from the u.n. secretary general for a global ceasefire well what martin gryphus ha

a new disease spills over in malaysia. it's killing pigs and pig farmers and villagers and pork sellers. this is a true case that happened in 1998 they named it after a particular village in malaysia then they went looking for the reservoir host. they found it in large fruit bats of the kind of flying foxes in asia. how did this occur? it finally tracked it through the route and here is what happened. people were cutting down forests for development, agriculture, timber itself, cutting down the forests destroyed fruit bat habitat. they were displaced and had to go looking for food and nectar somewhere else. they started going closer to the settlements. some of those planted by humans were on pig farm was the second stream of income for those that ran these factories in northern and central malaysia. some of them even planted mango trees close to their pigsty's and in some cases even shading their pigsty's. they come to the trees planted and drop the pope into the pigsty and they drop the virus. the pigs pick it up and get